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Psystar emerges from Chapter 11, and still making applesauce
The infamous Mac-clone maker Psystar is apparently set to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and it seems that they are planning on getting right back into their previous routine with a new hardware offering to boot.In an e-mail newsletter that went out to subscribers today, the company states that the Chapter 11 protection was "critical" to their daily operations, and that they are now ready to "emerge and again battle Goliath." More information is expected to be available "in the coming days" when they are formally discharged by the Bankruptcy court.
Along with the announcement, the newsletter also introduces Psystar's newest hardware offering, the Open(7), which "brings together OS X and Intel Nehalem Xeon technology" in what they are calling their "fastest and most quiet computing configuration." In addition, they are stating that all new systems will feature a new bootloader, called the Darwin Universal Boot Loader (DUBL), and mentioned plans of an open source release in the near future.
The e-mail was wrapped up with a simple anecdote: When life gives you apples, make applesauce. So this begs the question, are they referring to the fruit, or the company?
Thanks to Sean Wightman for the tip!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
MJZimmer88 said 4:25PM on 7-01-2009
If dubl goes open-sourced, will that significantly simplify that hackintosh update system (and installation)?
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Steveo said 4:43PM on 7-01-2009
Hahah, you guys are crazy. Its Psystar, not Pystar. And change the first Psystar link provided. It goes to www.pystar.com, which is some crazy Chinese/Japanese site.
It's http://www.psystar.com/
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Michael Jones said 4:53PM on 7-01-2009
Haha, thanks for catching that. The really sad part is that I did that typo so many times... but all fixed now.
Josh said 4:49PM on 7-01-2009
heh, everyone should start sending these idiots boxes and boxes of apples.
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TurdWise said 4:52PM on 7-01-2009
DUBL is nothing but a blatantl rebrand of Chameleon (see chameleon.osx86.hu ) Just as Psystar always rips off the community. The only reason they intend to opensource it is that it's under the APSL so they have to. Would my taking the source code to firefox, reskinning it in my corporate colors and calling it zOMGWeb make your web-browsing experience easier? of course not.
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David said 5:44PM on 7-01-2009
Everytime I hear how DUBL is chamelon or that Pystar ripped off V8, it conjures up an image of two thieves in their hide out arguing over the loot (or stolen Apples)!
Tom Lopy said 5:12PM on 7-01-2009
ridiculous but interesting.
Problem with market economics is Apple is potentially capable of just assimiliating the company. But until then, good luck.
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Johnny said 5:49PM on 7-01-2009
F&#K newfiction!
Joseph said 6:49PM on 7-01-2009
buried for blogspam.
David Veksler said 11:19AM on 7-02-2009
> Problem with market economics is Apple is potentially capable of just assimiliating the company.
That would encourage, not discourage more Apple clones. Marxist economic theory aside, in the real world, buying potential competitors is a strategy that leads to more competition and less money to compete with them.
derekknighttx said 5:29PM on 7-01-2009
Get the popcorn, honey! This one's gonna be good.
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kakapo said 6:33PM on 7-01-2009
I think they should be considering that they will be ground into mincemeat rather than making applesauce.
Here in Australia, we have a saying, "These guys are phuquing arse wholes". I am not sure if to translates too well, but I am sure you get the picture.
So, why aren't they ripping off V.I.S.T.A.? or V-SP-7/Much bigger market.
Oh, and by the way, I am with Johnny - F&#K newfiction
I call that "spam" Slime Posing As a Message....
Cheers
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Rob said 4:37AM on 7-02-2009
I presume you don't really know much of the details of what this company does. They can't rip of vista because they ALLOW exactly what they are trying to do - install the OS onto thier own hardware. This company PURCHASES the OS license from Apple and then puts it on its own hardware (for cheaper than similar Apple hardware).
Stenar said 7:17PM on 7-01-2009
WTH! Didn't Apple get an injunction to prevent them from selling any FauxMacs until the court case is decided!??
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th0r615 said 7:33PM on 7-01-2009
Maybe if Apple made a mid-range desktop computer where one could switch out their GPU, RAM, Add and remove hard drives, ect... there wouldn't be a demand for a company that makes such a product.
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krizoitz said 7:54PM on 7-01-2009
Maybe Psystar shouldn't steal the work from others and claim they are fitting a niche.
liquidmark said 4:26AM on 7-02-2009
Maybe if people let Apple run their company the way they see fit and stop stealing from them.
Apple ALONE has the right to say what hardware their OS runs on.
Don't like it? Don't use their product. Nobody will miss you.
Lucas said 3:23PM on 7-02-2009
Apple, as the courts have validated, doesn't have to make anything they don't want to, doesn't have to allow clones etc. they are actually in their legal rights at this point to control what hardware is used with the OS software. Psystar is rearranging deck chairs and getting themselves more and more into the 'damages for unit sold' trouble. but let them. next time they file bankruptcy it will be total and the nerd's mama will lose the house that holds the basement they are working in.
N41 said 7:50PM on 7-01-2009
Dual BL eh?
Very similar to this that netkas just released? http://netkas.org/?p=113
LOL
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alansky said 9:19PM on 7-01-2009
I hope Apple squashes them like a bug. They must be masochists!
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